Hillsborough County Public School: Education Referendum Projects

The following is a list of projects that would receive funding from the proposed November tax referendum

How were the projects selected?

The projects were selected based on need. Our district maintains an ongoing five-year work plan, and also tracks needs many years farther into the future. Schools receiving air conditioning overhauls were the next 203 schools in need of an overhaul based on system age, reliability, and related factors. In general, the 27 schools not receiving air conditioners were not selected because they have already recently received A/C overhauls or the schools themselves are only a few years old.

Other projects were selected similarly—based on need and available budget, with the intent of making a significant investment at every school. Hundreds of needed projects that are not on the school-by-school list will still be completed over the next ten years; our district receives around $110 million per year in capital improvement funds from other sources, which will be used for additional maintenance, completing more projects from our district’s work plan, and adding classroom spaces to accommodate our county’s growth.